But that was not the end of it.
Soon, Ning Beichen brought a set of clothes for the accompanying personnel for Adair to change into. This time, no one could recognize her anymore.
Not long after.
Ning Beichen and the disguised Adair successfully left the hotel and came outside.
During the entire process of leaving the hotel, no one noticed them. Even less would anyone mistake the bearded man for the beautiful Princess Adair, they were simply regarded as Adair's retinue.
"Where do you want to go?"
Ning Beichen asked her after they had successfully slipped out.
"I don't know. I want to go somewhere no one is."
Adair said.
"Alright, I'll take you."
Ning Beichen, familiar with the way, rented a car and drove her out of the city. By dusk, they appeared in a desert.
Ning Beichen parked the car on a relatively high sand dune in the desert, then opened the door and got out. He stretched his arms and yawned, then turned back to Adair, who had not yet gotten out of the car, and said.
"Come down and feel it. Only by standing in a place like this will you feel the insignificance of humanity. In comparison, your own troubles will seem like nothing."
Adair initially didn't want to get out of the car, mainly because the sandstorm was too strong, and she was worried about dirtying her clothes. After all, she was a girl, and a beautiful princess at that.
However, after hearing Ning Beichen's words, she still opened the car door and stepped out. She also imitated Ning Beichen, spreading her arms. A cool breeze hit her face, making her hair and clothes flutter.
At this moment, Ning Beichen's voice gently echoed in her ears: "Let go of your body and mind. Don't deliberately think about anything. Just listen carefully to the wind with your heart."
"Listen, don't you hear the sound of a wind chime in the distance..."
Ning Beichen slowly guided her.
"I hear it. There really is the sound of a wind chime."
Adair said excitedly, her eyes closed.
"Very good. Then listen carefully again. Do the wind chimes carry the scent of the forest?"
Ning Beichen further guided her.
"Yes, I smell flowers and pine trees. I hear birds chirping..."
Adair gestured excitedly, as if she could truly smell flowers and see a forest and hear birds singing in the desert.
"Excellent. You are now walking along a forest path. Do you see a beautiful castle ahead?"
Ning Beichen continued to guide her.
This was a type of meditative guidance, and Ning Beichen was using the environment to lead her into her deeper consciousness, allowing her to relax her tense mood.
This ability was usually possessed only by highly professional psychologists.
However, if any psychologists were present, they would have been shocked, because Ning Beichen, with just a few words, had managed to lead Adair into her deeper consciousness, something they couldn't achieve.
The principle was actually quite simple.
Ning Beichen could easily lead Adair into her deeper consciousness because he used the principles of internal energy oscillation. He placed Adair in an unseen circular airflow, and combined with his gentle guiding voice, it was easy for Adair to forget reality.
Ning Beichen did this because he saw that the princess was very suppressed in her heart, and it had been for a long time. If she wasn't helped to release it, she could easily turn to extreme paths.
Seeing Adair relax in the world constructed by her own deeper consciousness, Ning Beichen did not disturb her, but waited patiently.
After an unknown amount of time, Adair emerged from her deeper consciousness. When she opened her eyes, she found that the sky outside had already turned dark.
This immediately made her flustered.
Adair hurriedly looked around for Ning Beichen. Fortunately, she soon saw him.
Ning Beichen walked up from the other side of the sand dune, carrying two rabbits in his hands. Adair looked at him with disbelief.
"Hi, you've come back to your senses. Do you feel any better?"
Ning Beichen greeted her.
"I don't know why, but I feel much better. Before, my heart felt heavy, like a big rock was pressing on it. Now, the rock seems to be gone. Ning Beichen, thank you."
Although Adair didn't have an IQ of 230, she still remembered the process of Ning Beichen's gentle guidance.
"You're welcome. It was just a small effort. A string pulled too tight will break. There's nothing in this world that cannot be overcome."
Ning Beichen said as he walked over to her with two cottontail rabbits that lived in the desert.
"Ning Beichen, believing in you is the best choice I've ever made in my life. Meeting you is truly my good fortune."
Although Ning Beichen spoke casually, Adair was not foolish. She knew that there were probably very few people in this world with such an ability, which was why she said she was lucky to have met him.
Even more fortunate was that she had made a wise choice at the time, which was not to choose to be an enemy of Ning Beichen.
"Alright, whether you are lucky or unlucky, the matter will only be known tomorrow night."
"Don't think about those bothersome things. Fortunately, I caught two rabbits. Would you like to try them here, or would you prefer to go back to the hotel for a big meal?"
Ning Beichen asked her.
"I don't want to go back to the hotel. I want to stay here."
Adair blurted out without thinking.
"Alright, as you wish. But I suspect the people at the hotel tonight will go crazy trying to find you."
Ning Beichen winked at her.
"Let them go crazy. I don't care."
Adair said with an air of being a princess and acting willfully.
"Very well, my princess."
Ning Beichen, holding one rabbit, bowed to her in a comical, gentlemanly fashion, making Adair giggle uncontrollably.
For some reason,
Adair found that when she was with Ning Beichen, she felt very relaxed, both physically and mentally.
Perhaps it was because Ning Beichen never treated her like a princess, which gave Adair a sense of ease and joy.
Unlike other men, including Gong Guoshun, who put on a hypocritical and pretentious act when they met her.
They respected the identity of Princess Adair, not her as a person.